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Jim Jones

May 13, 1931 - Nov 18, 1978 (47 years old) in Crete, Indiana, USA

James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events which occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.

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American Experience
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The UnXplained
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Explained
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Forensic Justice
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Seconds From Disaster
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The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
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Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light
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The Seventies
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America's Book of Secrets
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Very Scary People
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